Sakharov Prize, Giarrusso: "Assange deserves the prize and freedom"

Sakharov Prize, Giarrusso: "Assange deserves the prize and freedom" The MEP on the journalist's nomination for the European Parliament prize (Strasbourg). "Julian Assange not only deserves freedom, but also to be recognized as an excellent investigative journalist, who has discovered important information that he had the courage to disclose. For this reason I believe he should be awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize". This is what MEP Dino Giarrusso said, regarding Julian Assange's nomination for the Sakharov Prize, awarded by the European Parliament to those who distinguish themselves in the fight for freedom of thought. The Parliament will choose the winner during this Plenary session between the journalist, currently imprisoned in London, the Ukrainian people, represented by President Zelensky, and the Colombian Truth Commission. "Assange is a candidate with my signature and that of other colleagues. However, our mobilization is not enough to move world opinion, which we hope can change with his victory of the prize", concluded Giarrusso. (Federica Onnis/alanews) --- Automatically generated transcript --- Julian Assange deserves freedom Julian Assange deserves not only freedom for himself but deserves to be recognized as an excellent already seen investigative journalist who discovered important news that were being kept hidden that I had the courage to disclose so he deserves a prize the Sakharov Prize has been changed also with my signature From which I am proud and I make a big appeal to those who will decide who will vote to have the courage to support to vote Julian Assange to give this prize the Sakharov Prize Julian Assange we hosted last week the wife I remember cousin taste also a small child son who cannot see his father lives in dramatically severe conditions of confinement as if he were a criminal and instead he is a journalist a good investigative journalist the incredible thing is that my mobilization that of my colleagues here at the European Parliament also in other institutions is not enough to move world opinion instead we must reiterate Julian Assange must be a man from tomorrow from today from tonight because not only for him for his rights for his person for the example that this would be towards the whole world today the investigative journalist is uncomfortable There are various types of threats there is one for which if you touch certain powers they don't let you work anymore and Otis they advise to do it I say this as a former very modest television journalist in Italy Julian Assange has done an exceptional job that has given humanity so much news that it probably would never have had for this he cannot pay so only I hope that the Sakharov Prize goes to Julian Assange as it would be right I invite the jurors to Courage but also I repeat his Liberation would be an example for everyone and all humanity must demand it -